Window-shade hanger.



W. KEMBLE.

WINDOW SHADE HANGER.

APPLICATION FILED IIIIIE 8. m15. l

1,222,632. Patented Apr. 17, 1917.

NETE@ @Tradll WILLIAM KEMBLE, OF KINGSTON, NEW YORK.

WINDOW-SHADE HANGER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, lViLLrAM KEMBLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kingston, in the county of Ulster and State of New York, have invented a new and useful VVindow-Shade Hanger; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved window shade hanger, and an object of the invention is to provide a hanger which is adjustable, to iit different widths of window frames.

Another object ot the invention is to provide a sectional hanger, the sections of which are adj ustably connected, the adjustable connections of two sections including yieldable means, whereby the hanger may be yieldably clamped to the window frame.

1n practical fields the details of construetion may necessitate alterations, falling within the scope of what is claimed.

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts, as hereinafter set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view in elevation or' a portion of a window traine, illustrating the improved adjustable hanger as applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the hanger, showing parts of the window frame in section.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3?) of Fig. 1.

Fig. 1 is an enlarged detail perspective view of a portion o1' a hanger, showing the yieldable adjustable connections between two of the sections of said hanger.

Referring to the drawings, 1, 2, and 3 designate the three sections of the hanger. The section 1 has one of its ends provided with a laterally extending ear 4 provided with lugs 5 to engage one side 6 of the window frame 7. The section 3 at one end is provided with a laterally extending ear S having lugs 9 to engage or embed in the other side 10 of the window frame 7. The end portion 11 of the section 1 has lugs 12 provided with bent portions 13 extending toward each other and overlying the opposite edge portions of the section 2, to guide the sections 1 and 2 when adjusted relative to each other. rllhe end portion 14 of the section 2 has ears 15 bent toward each other Serial No. 32,894.

and overlying the rear face of the section 1, to assist in guiding the sections 1 and 2, in their movements, when being adjusted. Also adjacent the end portion 11 of the section 1 is a projection 1G, which is designed to engage or penetrate any one of the series ot' elongated slots 17 of the section 2, tor holding the sections 1 and 2 in their adjusted positions. The several sections of the hanger are constructed preferably of spring sheet metal, and it is to be observed that the bent portions 13 of the lugs 12 are spaced sufficiently from one tace of the section 1, in order to permit the end portion 11 of the section 1 to be sprung apart from one tace ot the section 2, to enable the projection 1G to be withdrawn from any one otl the slots 17, so as to permit it to be adjusted into another of the slots 17. There are two brackets 19 and 20 provided, one carried by the section 1, the other by the section 3. These brackets 19 and 20 are angular in plan view and are provided with ears 21 extending toward cach other and overlapping said sections 1 and 3, so as to be slidably mounted upon said sections, being held in their adjusted positions upon said sections 'frictionally. The upper edge portion ot each of the brackets 19 and 20 is provided with a lug 22, which also overlies its adjacent section, thereby constituting means for assisting in guiding said brackets when adjusted. The outwardly extending part otl the bracket 20 is provided with an elongated opening 23, to receive the usual pintle (not shown) rectangular in cross section, of the shade roller (not shown). The outwardly extending portion of the bracket 19 is provided with an aperture 24 to receive the cylindrical pintle (not shown) ot the other end of the shade roller (not shown). The outwardlj7 extending parts of both brackets 19 and 20 are provided with upwardly extending portions or ears 25, which are provided with slots 26, which may receive the pintles of a shade roller (not shown), or contracted portions (not shown) of a curtain pole (not shown). It a curtain pole is supported by the upwardly extending portions or ears 25, and a shade roller supported in the opening 23 and the aperture 2st, it will be seen that said brackets constitute combined shade roller and curtain pole supports.

The end portion 27 ot the section 3 has ears 2S beilt toward 'each other and overlying the section Q of the hanger. The adj aythe section 2.

cent parts of the ears 28 (which guide and hold the sections 2 and 3 relative to each other) are provided with outwardly eX- tending parallel lugs 29, between which, and upon the pin 30, the U-shaped part 3l of the lever 32 is pivoted. Extending transversely of the U-shaped part 3l of said lever and spaced from the pivot pin is a second pivot pin 33. The end portion 34 of the section 2 is provided with ears 35, which also bend toward each other and overlie the section 3 of said hanger, thereby additionally guiding the sections 2 and 3 relative to each other. Rolls or sleeves 36 are dis posed adjacent to and between the ears and form integral parts of the end 34 of Mounted in said rolls or sleeves is a pin 37, and disposed between said rolls or sleeves is an eye 38 (through which the pin 37 extends) of the link 39, midway of the opposite ends of which a spring or resilient coil is constructed. The eye 4l at the other end of said link 39 receives the pin 33. In applying the hanger to a window frame, the lever is thrown back to a position just the opposite to that shown in Fig. 4, thereby extending the section 3 of the hanger relative to the section 2. Then the sections 1 and 2 are adjusted relative to each other, so that the .each other, the section 3 of the hanger is Vdrawn toward the section 2, and owing to the spring or resilient coil 40, the lugs 9, as well as the lugs 5 yieldably embed themselves into the opposite sides of the window frame. It will be observed that when the lever 32 is arranged or disposed as shown in Fig. 4, the pivot pin 33 assumes a position closer to the section 3 ofthe hanger than the disposition of the pin 30, owing to which arrangement, the link 39 together with the spring coil 40 acts to hold the lever 32 in the position shown in Fig. 4.

'Ihe invention having been set forth, what is claimed as new and usefulisz- A window shade fixture comprising a hanger bar having jaws at its opposite ends to engage the opposite edges of a window frame, shade roller brackets mounted upon the bar, said 'bar consisting of three sections, means to adjustably and positively and rigidly connect the ends of two of the sections, the inner end of one of the end sections having ears bent over the adjacent end of the intermediate section and terminating in an opposed lug, the end of said intermediate section adjacent said section having the ears being provided with ears overlying said end section, a lever pivoted between said lugs, and a wire link having a central resilient coil, one end of said link being pivoted to said lever eccentric or offset from the pivot of the lever, the other end of said link being pivoted between the last named ears, whereby when the lever is thrown toward the link, said jaws will be drawn toward and in engagement with the opposite sides of the window frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification inthe Vpresence of two subscribing witnesses.

' WILLIAM KEMBLE.

Vitnesses:

FRANK W. BRooKs, Du Bois G. ATKrNs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing' the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

